Calf-feeder.



J. MOORE.

GALE FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1912 1,127 979? Patented Feb. 9, 1915 2SHEET8SHEET l HE NORRIS PETERS co PHOTO'LITHO WASHING TON, D. C.-

J. MOURE.

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JOHN MOORE, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

GALE-FEEDER.

Application filed November 18, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN Moons, of the cityof Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Calf-Feeders, of which the following isthe specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in calf feeders and the objectof the inven tion is to provide an inexpensivddurable and efficientdevice whereby one can readily feed young animals a particular featurebeing that the device is constructed to present a form very similar tothe shape of an udder and teat so that natural conditions are closelyapproached. i

With the above objects in view the invention consists essentially in aspecially designed connecting piece, a feed tube carried by theconnecting piece, a nipple mounted on the connecting piece and aplurality of clamping members securing the nipple to .the connectingpiece, the parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter moreparticularly described. i

Figure l is a side view of the complete device as applied on a can. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 8 isan enlarged detailed verticalsectional view centrally through the device and a portion of the ppperpart of the can. Fig. 4 is a front view of a number of the devices asthey appear in a second embodiment offrny invention. Fig. 5 is avertical sectional view through the supporting boards, the section beingtaken in the planedenoted by the line Z- -Z Fig; 4 and looking in thedirection indicated by the arrow Z) Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional viewthrough the device the section being taken in the plane denoted by the aline Y-Y Fi g. 4: certain parts being shown in side elev ation. Fig. 7is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view centrally through thenipple, the connecting piece and clamping members as they appear in thesecond embodiment of the invention. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectionalview through the connecting piece the section being taken in the planedenoted by the line X-X Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is side view of the connectingpiece.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure. Referring now particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 9of the drawings 1 represents a can or receptacle for the re-.Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9,1915. Serial No. 731,958.

ception of milk or other such liquid which can 1s shown in the presentinstance with a conical top 2 provided with an exteriorly threaded neck3. The can is supplied with a handle it.

5 represents my connecting piece which has the body portion 6 thereoffitted with a circiunferentially directed groove 7 forming a beading 8at the top and a. shoulder 9 at the bottom the purpose of which will belater explained. The ,body portion is also supplied with an extendinginteriorly threaded flange 10 and an extending exteriorly threadedtube11 there being a continuous duct 12 passing through the tube and bodyportion. The thread on the flange is arranged so that the connectingpiece can be screwed onto the neckand the thread on the tube is suppliedto receive the threaded end of the feed pipe'lB. Y

it represents a rubber or such like flexible nipple having the upper endthereof supplied with a feed opening 15 and the lower end thereofslipped over the connecting piece, the base of the nipple resting in thegroove "7 between the beading S and the shoulder 9. i

16 represents a holder for the can. The holder is formed from thefollowing parts: 17 represents a base formed from two sections 18 and 19connected by hinges 20. 21 is the top of the holder formed from twostrips 22 and 23 arranged to fit around the top of the can l. i i

The top and baseare connected by upright b t wcan 1 i '24 and 25 aresimilar spherical. segments forming clamping members provided each without-turned flanges 26 permanently secured by screws 27 or such like tothe strips 22 and 23 or the top of the holder. These members are eachfitted with inturned flanges 28 and 28' arranged to receive theconnecting piece and the flanges are supplied with ribs 29 and 29adapted to jam the base of the nipple into the groove between thebeading and the shoulder.

The strips forming the top piece carry any suitable means whereby theycan be fastened together, that shown comprising books 30 and eyes 81.

When the device above described is to be used the holder is opened byundoing the hooks and the can is inserted within the holder. The holderis then closed and to the connecting piece by the clamping members. Thecalf will quickly take to the feeder as the nipple and clamping membersconform very closely to the actual shape of a cows udder and teat.

In the remaining figures of the drawings I have showna second embodimentof the invention wherein the holder has been dispensed with and thedevice fitted up so as to feed a number of animals. The individual canis dispensed with and a common can which feeds all the nipples issupplied.

In Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the drawings I have retained thesame'reference characters on the parts which are the same as thosedescribed in Figs. 1,2, 3 and 9. The coupling piece, feed tube, clampingmembers and nipple are all the same. The holder has been entirelydispensed with and in its place I have supplied the following parts:

32 and 33 represent two boards carried bythe end pieces or standardsBtand 35 and the standard 34 carries a platform 36 which supports a commonfeed can 37. A pipe 38 leads from the can to the rear of the boardswhichpipe is supplied with a controlling valve 38.. The top board 33 isprovided with a plurality of grooves 39 having V-shaped ends whichgrooves receive slidably plates 40 having their forward faces in thesame plane as the boards and their lower edges, abuttingthe upper edgeof the lower board. I I a 1 The plates carry each a clamping member 24while the board'32 carries a number of the clamping members 25, theclamping members carried. by the plates and board being arranged so thatthey close together in pairs in each instance when the plates are closedn.

Any suitable means can be employed for" fastening the plates in theirinner positions,

hooks and eyes being shown in the'drawmgs. I A plurality of feed tubes13 pass from the common'feed pipe 38 and pass between the boards theouter ends of the tubes being fitted with connecting pieces 5 carryingthe nipples 14.

When the device above described is set up or assembled and the plates 40are locked by the hooks and eyes, the top clamping members jam down onthe lower clamping members and catch the nipple in the same manner as isdone where the holder is employed.

I have only shown the device as arranged to feed four animals but ,itwill be understood that the number could be increased indefinitely tofeed any number of calves.

In actual practice it would no doubt be unnecessary to provide a specialstand to carry the clamping plates as they could be suitably arranged ona manger or in any other desirable location.

What I claim as my invention is In combination, a feed pipe, aconnecting piece having a depending threaded central tube, adapted to beconnected to said feed pipe, said connecting piece being provided with acentral duct and having a circumfer entially directed groove formed onthe outer side thereof and a nipple fitted on the con necting piece,said nipple having a depending flange, spherical clamping members havemg inturned segmental flanges, said segmental flanges engageable withthe first mentioned flanges and ribson said segmental flanges, andoutturned apertured flz mgesv on said clamping members.

Signed at WVinnipeg, this 20th day of August'1912.

In the presence of- S. ROXBURGH, P. FOSTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner'of E'atents,

, Washington, D. 0.

JOHN MOORE.

